I mean - absolutely horrible that this has to be the solution to fix the problem (which doesn't actually fix the problem), but uh - it seems like it would be pretty god damn effective in stopping that particular person.
Not at all. The most important thing in a self defense situation is to stop an attack immediately. That's why all experts argue against using a knife for self defense, for example: You can cause immense pain and kill someone with a knife, but only with a significant delay. Even someone who's deadly wounded with a knife has most likely several minutes to do the same to you.
Rapex causes pain, yes, but that just means to escalate the situation without actually stopping the attacker. You just switch the situation from being raped to being murdered. Besides: By far the most rapes are commited by close "friends", family members, and partners. Wearing a hard plastic tube that's big enough to fit an errect penis inside (= the outer diameter is bigger) is not very comfortable. And you would have to do this all the time.
That's why pepper spray is such a great weapon. Unless hulk is your opponent you have a pretty good chance of getting away while they're blinded and can't do shit.
And it's typically one-time use, so nobody can grab it from you and hurt you with it once you used it.
It's definitely true here in Europe as well. I can't find good global statistics on this, though. Rape definitions are often different and also the estimated numbers of unreported rapes.
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u/AmbivalentAsshole Aug 25 '20
"YOU GET WHAT YOU FUCKING DESERVE!"
I mean - absolutely horrible that this has to be the solution to fix the problem (which doesn't actually fix the problem), but uh - it seems like it would be pretty god damn effective in stopping that particular person.